nuzzles - 2011-09-08 When I was little, I went to basically a low-rent version of this kind of dance studio. I think they wanted to be rabidly competitive, but nobody was good enough for that. I wanted to be in class with a friend, but she was in more advanced classes and they just let me, a chubby little nerd with zero dance experience, merrily join in.

Mr.Rogers - 2011-09-08 I'As a rule, I have avoided watching shows of the "child abuse for fun and profit" genre. For some reason, I played this one. Only watched the first part and I'm uncertain whether I will watch the rest.

It was even more cringe inducing that I expected. These girls deserve better this. If you are a parent and relate to Maddie's mother, you've failed as a parent. If you relate to Abby, you've failed as a human.

kingarthur - 2011-09-08 When I was a male nanny for a well-to-do, well-bred Southern family, their daughters were forced (basically withheld love until they complied and competed as ferociously as possible in this backstabbing little world) into doing this while their mothers all jockeyed to push their daughters into position to be the alpha bitch. To the point where the mothers spied, or sent spies, to watch each other. Not to mention that rival dance studios did that to each other as well.

My girlfriend, up until this semester, taught at one of these schools and its as hellish as you'd expect and it all comes from the parents.

kingarthur - 2011-09-08 Keep in mind the girls I used to nanny danced for at least 3 to four hours a day five days a week outside of recitals and competitions. Which is either horrific or surprisingly normal if you're unfamiliar with how this world works.

oddeye - 2011-09-08 I hate it when people live their lives through their kids.

White Trash Party - 2011-09-08 "Elton John is straighter then those legs" wow lady. That'd be fucked up even if they were not a group of 8-9 year olds.

BorrowedSolution - 2011-09-08 Five for the mothers acting victimized by this woman, and yet paying her thousands of dollars to do this to their children. That's some blue ribbon mental gymnastics right there.

Burnov - 2011-09-08 This sort of cognitive dissonance is not all that uncommon these days.

For those times when you're butthurt and can't think of a bitchy retort.

citrusmirakel - 2011-09-09 You've spent half of these comments deriding other people for being 4chan users, and the other half using words like "butthurt" and "lulz"...
I guess what I'm trying to say is: Stop that.